You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you have a great start to your November!
2022-11-11 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! I hope you enjoyed Tallys's character sheet... she's so gorgeous!! 😭🥰
And now we get to do the whole thing over again! ❤️ If you're new to this, continually voting on art commissions for the game is a special reward that Patrons have unlocked here on this Patreon! Thank you so much again for your support: we couldn't be creating these amazing pieces without you!!! 🎉
This series of polls moves in three stages or rounds, culminating in the ...
2022-11-05 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoo, we're finally back to the adventures of Brightburner and the Eden City survivors!
Oh my God. She's so powerful and gorgeous I'm scared of her--
You voted, and now you shall receive! Behold Queen Tallys in all of her glory!! 🧎🏻♀️🙌
Cutetanuki always knocks these character sheets out of the ballpark, in my opinion! Tallys's outfit on the right look INSANE! I just... love everything about this so much...
We'll be holding the next round of vot...
2022-10-25 22:37:45 +0000 UTC View Post[Edit: Whoops it looks like Patreon didn't save my answer to the Haven fashion question so I had to retype it!]
How do the ROs say farewell to the MC when they leave for a mission the MC is not a part of? Like a hug, a kiss, some sentimental words, or do they slip while the MC sleeps?
The thing about the Shepherds is that they go on missions separately a lot, so most people don't have a big ritual like exchanging sentimental words ...
2022-10-19 19:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, I hope you're enjoying October so far! 🎃 It's time for this month's Q&A!
Because I am now trying to incorporate writing my next novel along with everything else I do in the month--writing Shepherds, taking care of Patreon stuff, handling various commissions and contractors, porting to Twine, doing author stuff for WHABH and editor stuff for EPOCH--I think I'm going to be shifting to answering 10-15 questions each month from now on. I think this is a ...
2022-10-17 21:25:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hiya everybody, this is the next part of our codex series, this time on Blest's animals! Like last month, this month specifically covers mounts used in the world of Blest--however, these pages are specifically about the Tainted mounts used by the Balor and other Tainted peoples around the Waste and Realm-of-Ghosts! I hope you enjoy, and look forward to more entries like this soon!
(And here are the other entries in the codex series, if you want to take a look!)
Hi everyone, here's another flash name poll for you! This is for the character of a prince from a foreign island nation that no longer exists in MC's time... We don't know much about him yet, except that he's exceedingly good-natured and a bit of a ditz... Even Shery will come to acknowledge that he's a "moon-calf" and excessively prone to distraction and general air-headed behavior... But he's very sweet!
What do you think his name should be?
2022-10-09 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody, since I literally did not know we were going to be [spoilers] traveling back in time [/spoilers] in this chapter until like...... 6 days ago, I'm going to need your help naming a ton of new characters who I didn't expect to pop into creation! So we're going to do a series of quick flash polls, all in rapid succession!
This one's for the de-facto leader of the group who sort of chastises you when you show up late after exiting the Vault 😅 He's impatient, a...
2022-10-03 23:45:58 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, welcome to Halloween season! 🎃🦇 You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you're having a great start to your September! ☀️
2022-10-01 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBest to worst in a crisis/emergency situation?
It sort of depends on what the emergency is! The whole crew of Shepherds is pretty brave and capable in a crisis--most of them have been operating in a leadership capacity for a long time, so most of them are all going to be clustered together right at the top. But the circumstances of the crisis matters, too... Blade in literally any high-danger combat scenario (like a sudden attack or something) is the guy...
2022-09-21 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, it's time for September's Author Q&A!
I'm running about a day behind this month, so I'm going to be answering 10-15 questions this time, depending on how much I can cram in. I'm drawing a complete blank for what I want to do with this first mini-mission in Chapter 8, so I'm going to set aside some dedicated time to brainstorm on it instead of clumsily trying to start when I don't know where the end destination is supposed to be!
The ask window for...
2022-09-19 20:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, I just checked, and I don't think we ever decided Guard-kun's last name, only his first?? So let's decide that now! You picked Alec as his given name, so it'll be... Alec ____________!
2022-09-17 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View Posthead empty, no thoughts except how insane it's going to feel when MC finally enters the Sun Court...
I've also been putting together a massive references doc for the brilliant composer I've been in contact with--there's already so much music in his catalog that can be implemented in the game, let alone...
2022-09-17 00:41:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everybody, this is a continuation of what I'm calling the codex series--mockups of what codex pages would look like for various aspects of Blest! For this round, we're expounding on commonly-referenced animals, specifically mounts: I hope to bring you more pages like this so that when you hear the name of a Blest animal in the game, you'll know what it's in reference to! 🐾 Here we cover the common types of ahfuri, Halek's yakku elk, and, of course, horses! Next month we might cover Tain...
2022-09-09 21:51:21 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, Tallys won the last round of our commissioned art poll! 🎉🎉🌿 So, it's left to you to decide exactly what kind of art piece we commission for her! Vote below on the medium of the art piece that you would like to see. This could be a sketch, a character reference sheet, a painting, or something else. You can see references for the mediums listed below here!
Hi everyone, you voted to have Red's theme song commissioned as our next musical piece, joining the ranks of Blade, Trouble, and Chase's character theme songs so far! Now's the time to open it up for your suggestions, references, and overall vibes that you think would be a good fit for Red's theme song in the game!
For anyone who hasn't seen this type of post before: character theme songs strive ...
2022-09-02 00:46:58 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, September's already here! 😱 Are people already craving fall, or are they desperately trying to make summer last longer? I'm personally ready for Halloween season, but I live in the desert...
Anyway, you know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_...
2022-09-02 00:32:37 +0000 UTC View PostCasserah didn’t know what she feared more: the current predicament her sister had been consigned to, or the possibility that it would make her fiancé completely lose control.
She only heard secondhand what had happened to Anneth and Mimir minutes after they ...
2022-09-01 01:44:11 +0000 UTC View PostHi, maybe don't read this until you've read through the latest update for Chapter 8! [HEAVY SPOILERS ABOUND! LOOK AWAY WHILE YOU STILL CAN!]
--Okay, if you're supposed to be here and know what I'm talking about: I'm not entirely happy with the title 'commander-demarch'. I like it, but there are a few other contenders, so I'm just going to stick them here and see what you guys think! What sounds better to you, or what do you like most? (This is for Riel's positi...
2022-08-30 00:56:10 +0000 UTC View PostWhen was the lasy time someone said i love you to shepherds? Was it romantic or platonic? How did they respond?
I guess "last time" is sort of relative: do you mean like at the point the game starts, or at the point we're currently at in Chapter 8? I only say that because I totally see Briony saying "I love you" to Shery or something recently, or Ayla going "I LOVE YOU YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD" to Trouble while drunk, so I guess I'll ...
2022-08-18 01:49:19 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, it's time for August's Author Q&A!
If you know the drill, fire away! The ask window for this Q&A will be open for 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be later today on Wednesday, August 17th, at 12 PM (MST). I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline! As usual, I will be answering a mix of overflow questions from previous months as well as new questions sent in this mo...
2022-08-16 18:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a massive convergence of voting on characters for commissions! :D Characters and ROs won the last poll in this round, so let's decide which character/RO we should focus on for this commission!
For reference, Ayla, Red, Trouble, Blade, Chase, Riel, Halek, and Caine have all won the past rounds, and their mediums were later decided to be character reference sheets! After this poll, we will...
2022-08-10 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs you voted last time, our next commissioned musical piece is going to be another character theme song! After we're done voting on the character this next song should be based on, I'll make another post asking for suggestions, references, and specific instruments/examples/vibes you might have in mind for that particular character! And, of course, you can view all of the music we've already commissione...
2022-08-05 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostOkay... we're going to do one last name poll for the de Vespe character! Sibella won out over Camilla last time, and since then I've thought of a few other possibilities, so we're going to do a elimination-style bracket one last time... I'm so sorry... I'm usually not this indecisive, but villain(es...
2022-08-02 06:08:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! It's August already? 🥵 How is the year already more than halfway over?...
Anyway, you know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you'r...
2022-08-02 05:57:04 +0000 UTC View Post[Author's note: In the end, I had to split it up into three parts instead of two... 😭 After the finale next month, I'll be going back to the Lights and Clockwork universe now that I've had a good break from it!]
Anneth could feel her heart beating thinly in her throat as she and Casserah rushed to make Mimir presentable for Lord Tristram and his audience....
2022-07-31 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post